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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6663-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6663-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Research article
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07 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 07 Jun 2017

Extending methane profiles from aircraft into the stratosphere for satellite total column validation using the ECMWF C-IFS and TOMCAT/SLIMCAT 3-D model

Shreeya Verma, Julia Marshall, Mark Parrington, Anna Agustí-Panareda, Sebastien Massart, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Christopher Wilson, and Christoph Gerbig

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Aircraft profiles are a useful reference for validation of satellite-based column-averaged dry air mole fraction data. However, these are available only up to about 9–13 km altitude and therefore need to be extended synthetically into the stratosphere using other sources. In this study, we analyse three different data sources that are available for extension of CH4 profiles by comparing the error introduced by each into the total column and provide recommendations regarding the best approach.
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